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Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by escapedmoose »

throwforfeds wrote: post #222
penjelly wrote: post #86

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Hi, I couldn't glean from the articles. But it sounds like you have breathing issues from long covid? it may sound ridiculous, but I developed gluten/lactose sensitivity during covid times. If I avoid gluten, lactose, canola oil I get far fewer symptoms. I know this likely isn't your issue but I do experience positive airway pressure, coughing, burping, chronic fatigue, exessive yawning. If that sounds like you maybe…

My wife and I got Covid during the first major wave (March/April 2020). I had no symptoms at all, but my wife ended up getting long Covid. GI issues, extreme tiredness, shortness of breath, brain fog, sleep disruption, etc etc. She lost maybe 10-12% of her body weight. After maybe 8 months of this we somehow decided to do a low-Fodmap diet (I participated for support). That included cutting out gluten and dairy (exce…

My fiance developed an intolerance to alliums (onion, garlic) and mushrooms around the start of COVID, though he had never tested positive for the virus. Low-Fodmap diet helped us to find the culprit as well.

I’m intrigued: Is your wife able to eat onions?

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by SV_BubbleTime »

ipv6ipv4 wrote: post #266
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #203

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> safe and effective Do you have any long studies you can point to? Let’s go very short. 5 years or more? The “The Science” crowd is so perplexing. You can’t believe in the upside in just faith. That’s exactly what you’re pretending not to do.

Sure. mRNA vaccines didn't emerge spontaneously during covid. They were studied for many years before, which is why they were so readily available for covid. Just because you never heard of their existence prior to covid doesn't mean they weren't the subject of intense study. The first mRNA vaccines were tested on mice in the 1990s, and on humans in 2013. I'm still waiting to become magnetic! That and I want to shed…

Ah right.

Moderna was on the verge of bankruptcy because not one in the company’s history did one of their or any other mRNA trial make it past trials. Not a single one to pass phase 3 trials, before COVID.

Go ahead. Fact check me.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by stuckindoors »

I had taken care of patients with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) post influenza infection.

His neuro symptoms included sz, confusion.

On routine testing by the dietitian he was noted to have a very low vitamin d level.

Although very anecdotal- I have always believed that autoimmune conditions post viral syndromes are exacerbated by low vitamin D levels.

Have any you with long covid been tested for vitamin D levels? For any of you did vitamin d supplements help?

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Post by jf22 »

brandonmenc wrote: post #320
jf22 wrote: post #315

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This is what you are saying: My shoe was loose before my booster and became untied after I got my booster. There is a high probability my shoe being untied was caused by the booster.

Nice straw man. What I'm saying is: There were no signs of viral heart damage before the booster, and then there were signs of viral heart damage immediately after getting the booster. People in this thread don't seem to know what viral heart damage is and how it differs from heart damage caused over time by unhealthy habits. It's a one time burst of damage, unlike a chronic and progressive heart condition caused by…

I do not think the mechanism from the vaccine and an actual virus are the same...

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by brandonmenc »

jf22 wrote: post #325
brandonmenc wrote: post #320

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Nice straw man. What I'm saying is: There were no signs of viral heart damage before the booster, and then there were signs of viral heart damage immediately after getting the booster. People in this thread don't seem to know what viral heart damage is and how it differs from heart damage caused over time by unhealthy habits. It's a one time burst of damage, unlike a chronic and progressive heart condition caused by…

I do not think the mechanism from the vaccine and an actual virus are the same...

Why do you not think that?

The vaccine produces the spike protein.

The spike protein causes heart damage.

The vaccine spike proteins may not circulate as freely or in as large of numbers as from the virus in most cases.

Re: Science YouTuber physicsgirl (Dianna Cowern) stands for the first time in 2 yrs

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Post by jf22 »

brandonmenc wrote: post #326
jf22 wrote: post #325

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I do not think the mechanism from the vaccine and an actual virus are the same...

Why do you not think that? The vaccine produces the spike protein. The spike protein causes heart damage. The vaccine spike proteins may not circulate as freely or in as large of numbers as from the virus in most cases.

I was under the impression that viruses cause damage in other ways from directly destroying cells or from inflammation from an immune response.

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Post by ekianjo »

2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #154
ekianjo wrote: post #153

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Joining the current century and getting vaccinated perhaps?

So does that mean you are on your 8th booster by now? If you believe in vaccines for CoVID19 there is no reason to not keep getting shots.

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Post by ekianjo »

snakeyjake wrote: post #172
ekianjo wrote: post #153

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Masks, gloves, and frequent hand washing with soap and warm water have been proven to work for both COVID and other viral diseases and this has been settled science for a long, long, time. Of course your definition of "proven to work" may mean "works 100% of the time with no exceptions" and that is an impossible bar to meet. My, and many others', definition of "proven to work" is "reduces the rate of spread to the po…

> Masks

Certainly not all kind of masks. And most people don't have access to the high quality masks needed as you surely know.

> that DOES NOT mean that PPE is 100% effective, it means that PPE in plus my hyper-anal stance on hygiene PLUS good old fashioned random chance favored me.

You have no way to know. I know folks who never tested positive to COVID while their whole family living with them got it several times.

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